FBI sanctions listing
BOYUSEC HACKERS
BOYUSEC HACKERS is an individual designated on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation — Wanted (FBI) sanctions list under the Cyber's Most Wanted, China Threat programmes, listed on 2020-01-13. Cyber's Most Wanted, China Threat. This page summarises the public designation — known aliases, identifying particulars, the stated reason for listing and linked parties — alongside an independent, transparent risk indicator.
Reason for listing
Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud and Abuse; Conspiracy to Commit Trade Secret Theft; Wire Fraud; Aggravated Identity Theft Xia Lei, Wu Yingzhuo, and Dong Hao, all of whom are Chinese nationals and residents of China, were indicted on September 13, 2017, for conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse, conspiring to commit trade secret theft, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The charges stem from the three individuals alleged attempt to direct their crimes against United States and foreign employees and computers of three corporate victims in financial, engineering, and technology industries between 2011 and May of 2017. The indictment alleges that the three hackers, who worked for the purported Chinese-based Internet security firm Guangzhou Bo Yo Information Technology Company Limited (also known as "Boyusec"), conspired to hack into private corporate entities in order to maintain unauthorized access to, and steal sensitive internal documents and communications from, those entities' computers. In total, the hackers obtained at least 400 gigabytes of data, as well as confidential emails, from their victims.
Statement of reasons as published by US FBI. This is the issuing authority's wording, reproduced for reference.
Designation record
| List / authority | US FBI (FBI) — FBI — Cyber's Most Wanted |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Person |
| Programmes / regime | Cyber's Most WantedChina Threat |
| Date listed | 2020-01-13 |
| Source record ID | fbi:162cde0da895484886d2b315812c3c82 |
| Last updated (our copy) | 2026-06-04 |
Identity & particulars
| Position / role | Cyber's Most Wanted, China Threat |
|---|
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Source & provenance
| Issuing authority | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation — Wanted |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | fbi:162cde0da895484886d2b315812c3c82 |
| Aggregated by | Sanctiometer (independent) — verify against the issuing authority's official list before acting. |